Homekit Automations are broken in iOS 16

After migrating several of my configurations to scenes, I updated my automations to just trigger the scenes, and that seems to work. It stinks because I need two scenes for every configuration--one each for on and off. Hopefully Apple gets the message this is borked. I used their "product feedback" form but if it isn't addressed in the next update, I may have to escalate this to an actual support call just to get the HomeKit team's attention.

Same problem here. I started noticing that some automations would not work after the update to iOS16. It’s good to see that I’m not the only one with this problem…hopefuly Apple will resolve it quickly in the next update. My system is very complex and I cannot imagine deleting and recreating the automations again!

I’m wondering if I should try this.

however, I talked with an Apple Advisor and told me that a lot of people have issues with HomeKit in iOS 16. He took all my settings and sent it to Apple engineers.

An update should appear soon !

Hi everyone,

exactly the same issue here... especially the automations with triggers like "if I'm home" just don't work any more.

I don't consider resetting my whole home a fix... it would take me a day to re-configure everything. There must be a better way to solve this. I'll wait for the big HomeKit upgrade coming with 16.1.... let's see if that fixes this bad bug.

Greets

Chris

I am also facing similars issues : since the upgrade of my iPhone and my Apple TV, almost all my automations are no more triggering. It is very strange, I have an automation that is triggered when the target state of my security system is updated to “Night” and this automation is still working well. I have also an automation that is triggered when the target state of my security system is set to “Home” and this automation is no more working. I don’t understand why the first one is still working and why the second one is completely broken.

FWIW I did not delete HomeKit app, because I don't have the patience to build it all out again, that seems wrong for so many reasons. I did delete the automations and rebuilt in 3rd party app Home+ where the granularity of the rules and exceptions is better (and hopefully something Apple Home will adopt). Those Home+ automations end up populating in Home with the granular rules and they have worked flawlessly since I have created them, including HomePod music and time, people based automations.

If you delete the app and reinstall the app it keeps your home, devices and automations. This is dependent on using an iPad or AppleTV to be your hub. Everything was still the same when I reinstalled, other than the background.

It's not really a solution. I've got 6 homes in Home app. The largest home has 30 bridges connected to it and around 300 devices in total (sensors, actors, etc.). So configuring everything from scratch is out of question for me.

to be clear, are we suggesting:

Remove Home from the App,

or

Delete app and reinstall

?

IF i remove the Home, then readd one, will it remember my items? IS this because people have added them via other apps. My Hue lights were added via Hue app. Would i need to remove these items from Hue also?

So I have several apps from other providers. Wemo, myQ, Philips, smart things, Lutron, ok yo and meross. I personally did not delete those apps, nor did I open them. I strictly went through the HomeKit side, considering this started with 16

Thanks for this. I followed your steps and, as you suggest, used the shortcut app. It worked for me as well.

So until an Apple update comes to fix this, we’re better off with the shortcuts app, it seems.

good luck

i dont understand what you mean by 'Shortcut App'?

My lights are all over the place. Some work, some work patially, some even dont show lights on in the app, others dont work. I set new automations as a test and they work but i reset/readd my existing automations and they dont work.

i really dont want to start from scratch

after TVOS 16.0, most of my time trigger automation is not working, signed in and out of icloud for ATV, no help, delete and recreating sometimes works sometime doesn't

why are these not tested before role out?? i have like 50 accessories, most not working now, VERY ANNOYING, moving to alexa soon

I'm having the same issues. The only automation that is working reliably is the one that turns on two lights at sunset or sunrise, if somebody is at home. All the others, e.g. coming home light, adjust temperature of radiators depending on the room temperature don't work. All my devices (4 HomePod mini, Apple TV 4K, iPhone 12 Pro, iPad Air 5, my older son's iPhone 12) are running the most recent OS version except the iPhone 7 of my younger son. I don't won't to remove all my 42 accessories and setup everything from scratch, so I hope that Apple fixes this issue with iOS16.1/macOS Ventura.